RT Journal Article
T1 A Neandertal mandible from the Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain)
A1 Daura, J.
A1 Sanz, M.
A1 Subirá, M.E.
A1 Quam, R.
A1 Fullola, J.M.
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
AB A human mandible from the site of Cova del Gegant is described here for the first time and compared with other Middle and Upper Pleistocene representatives of the genus Homo from Europe and Southwest Asia. The specimen was recovered from sediments which also yielded Mousterian stone tools and Pleistocene fauna. The preserved morphology of the mandible, particularly in the region of the mental foramen, clearly aligns it with the Neandertals, making the Cova del Gegant the only known site in Catalonia documenting diagnostic human skeletal remains in association with Middle Paleolithic stone tools. This represents an important new addition to the human fossil record from the Iberian Peninsula and joins the Bañolas mandible in documenting the course of human evolution in the northern Mediterranean region of Spain.
PB Elsevier
YR 2005
FD 2005-05-17
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108920
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108920
LA eng
NO Received 13 October 2004 / Accepted 13 March 2005 / Available online 17 May 2005.© 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)
DS Docta Complutense
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